Nigeria
Key facts
- currency: Nigerian naira
- capital city: Abuja
- region: Western Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 910,770 km²
- population: 227,882,945 people
- political leader: Muhammadu Buhari (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [10°0′N, 8°0′E]
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News:
- Death toll in Nigeria gas tanker explosion rises to 98
- Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes
- Nigeria fuel truck blast death toll reaches 86
- Nigerian activist Hauwa Ojeifo on breaking the taboo around mental health
Summary
Nigeria is a country. The capital city is Abuja, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 910,770 km², a population of 227,882,945 people and uses the currency Nigerian naira. The President is Muhammadu Buhari.
Environment
Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 686,440.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.27 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 122.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 60.50 % of population
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 81.80 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 18.20 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
- Net energy imports: -93.03 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 5.14 births per woman
- Forest area: 213,003 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 18.88 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 407.66 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 13.80
- Methane emissions: 237.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 34.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 112,676,013 people
- Male population: 115,206,932 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 80.30 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 882,024.66 km²
- Rural population: 104,181,246 people
- Urban land area: 25,189.87 km²
- Urban population: 123,701,699 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.72 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Nigeria by population
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Evolution of historical agricultural land in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Nigeria
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Nigeria
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Nigeria
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Sites in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Nigeria
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Proportion of transboundary sites in Nigeria
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Nigeria by mean width
Wildfires in Nigeria
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 223,000 people
- Democracy score: 4.44
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,340,000 people
- Individuals using the internet: 35.46 % of population
- Military expenditure: 0.64 % of GDP
- Net migration: -57,936 people
- Press freedom: 2.14
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.91 %
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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Nigeria
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical net migration in Nigeria
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria
Political parties in Nigeria
Distribution of politicians from Nigeria by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Nigeria
Politicians from Nigeria
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Health
- Birth rate: 36.61 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 12.43 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 83.84 current US$
- Health expenditure: 4.08 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 0.50 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 54
- Suicide mortality rate: 3.50 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Nigeria
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Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Nigeria
Diseases in Nigeria
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Nigeria
Proportion of diseases in Nigeria by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Nigeria by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Nigeria
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Business
- Gdp: 363,846,332,834.62 current US$
- Inflation: 24.66 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 85.85 % of total employment
- Unemployment: 3.07 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 84.37 % of total employment
Shops in Nigeria
Proportion of CEOs per gender in Nigeria
Companies from Nigeria
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Distribution of companies founded in Nigeria by year
Proportion of revenue types by company in Nigeria
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Evolution of historical tax revenue in Nigeria
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Exchanges in Nigeria
Proportion of shops per country in Nigeria
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Nigeria by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Nigeria
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Proportion of competitions per city in Nigeria
Competitions in Nigeria
Proportion of competitions per country in Nigeria
Distribution of competitions in Nigeria by start date
Proportion of medals won by Nigeria in the Olympics
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Culture
Artists from Nigeria
Distribution of artists from Nigeria by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Nigeria
Geographical distribution of museums in Nigeria by visitors
Museums in Nigeria
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Nigeria by total students
Distribution of universities in Nigeria per foundation year
Universities in Nigeria
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In literature
There are 1,063 books written about Nigeria in the database
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